But works in the covenant of grace are not required under the same notion, as in the first covenant with Adam. Works are not required for the justification of our persons'but as an attestation of our love to God; not as the cause of our salvation'but as an evidence of our adoption. Works are required in the covenant of grace, not so much in our own strength as in the strength of Christ. It is God who works in you. Phil 2:13. As the teacher guides the child's hand, and helps him to form his letters, so that it is not so much the child's writing as the master's. Just so, our obedience is not so much our working as the Spirit's co-working.

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